The Water Cycle

About how much water covers the Earth's surface?

• 55%

• 3%

• 95%

• 75%

The removal of beach materials into the sea by waves, tides or wind is called...

• transpiration

• erosion

• deposition

• weathering

The changes to water when it cycles through Earth's atmosphere is called...

• moon phases

• water cycle

• Earth's revolution

• transpiration

When water is heated in the ocean by the sun and turns to water vapor, which physical change is happening?

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

The process when a cloud forms

• precipitation

• condensation

• runoff

• evaporation

water droplets in clouds fall to the Earth through the process of...

• transpiration

• condensation

• precipitation

• runoff

Forms of precipitation are...

• rain and sleet only

• rain only

• rain, snow, and hail only

• rain, snow, sleet, and hail only

Precipitation occurs because..

• the water droplets evaporate into the air

• the water won't soak into the ground and soil

• the droplets have become to heavy in the clouds

• the weather is too cold

What powers the water cycle?

• The atmosphere's pressure

• Weathering, erosion, and deposition

• The Earth's rotation

• The sun's heat

The water cycle has no beginning or ending?

• True

• False

• Unable to tell without more evidence